05-03-2006, 11:03 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I hate wind. I hate the north wind at Lincoln Beach. Nasty. Brett Prettyman, outdoor writer for the Salt Lake Tribune had called the meeting, based upon a time table for an article set by his editors...not by me. I would not have scheduled that event for at least a month. He had Al, the photographer with him, and Al's red toon got a lot of miles on it with all the moving around to gather background pics. Not much action to shoot.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Started out calm but the north wind blew almost constantly while we were fishing and then really started ripping as we were coming in about noon. Ask Princefisher. He tried hanging ten (or more) on the point of the jetty when a wave caught his tin boat.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Tough fishing. A couple of mudcats and a buglemouth or two was all our motley crew could claim right up until about 11:30. Then, Carp_Punisher scored a nice 5 1/2 pound channel cat and I followed within a few minutes with one about 3 pounds. At least we had something to demo the filleting thing.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We all came in and Al took some shots of the few fish, and the filleting process. I added some fillets from a previous trip and we adjourned to the covered tables for a fish fry. Kathy Stephenson, a cooking and recipes writer for the Trib drove up as we were coming off the water. She brought some dipping sauces, coleslaw, cookies and some premade hushpuppies, ready to dip and fry. Yum.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Man...that wind was so bad I had trouble getting the propane burner to light so I could heat up the fish fryer. Had to put my big fillet board and a large cooler in front as a wind shield. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The cold wind definitely slowed down the cooking process, but we did up some kitty krispies and some hushpuppies. Don't think we had any casualties. There were about 8 or 10 BFTers in the group. I'll let everybody chime in and tell their story.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Started out calm but the north wind blew almost constantly while we were fishing and then really started ripping as we were coming in about noon. Ask Princefisher. He tried hanging ten (or more) on the point of the jetty when a wave caught his tin boat.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Tough fishing. A couple of mudcats and a buglemouth or two was all our motley crew could claim right up until about 11:30. Then, Carp_Punisher scored a nice 5 1/2 pound channel cat and I followed within a few minutes with one about 3 pounds. At least we had something to demo the filleting thing.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We all came in and Al took some shots of the few fish, and the filleting process. I added some fillets from a previous trip and we adjourned to the covered tables for a fish fry. Kathy Stephenson, a cooking and recipes writer for the Trib drove up as we were coming off the water. She brought some dipping sauces, coleslaw, cookies and some premade hushpuppies, ready to dip and fry. Yum.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Man...that wind was so bad I had trouble getting the propane burner to light so I could heat up the fish fryer. Had to put my big fillet board and a large cooler in front as a wind shield. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The cold wind definitely slowed down the cooking process, but we did up some kitty krispies and some hushpuppies. Don't think we had any casualties. There were about 8 or 10 BFTers in the group. I'll let everybody chime in and tell their story.[/#0000ff]
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